I got to listen to a pair of 50,000 speakers and discovered a cool hi-fi shop

zarrdoss
zarrdoss Posts: 2,562
edited March 2013 in The Clubhouse
On a Google search Friday I discovered a cool hi-fi shop I never knew existed. The Audio Alternative in Ft. Collins CO. http://www.audioalternative.com/ Its a really cool shop that the owner bought a huge house and set up shop in there. He has a ton of vinyl and lots of neat and expensive stuff. I got to listen to these
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Vandersteen model 7 talk about flawless imaging but for 50,000 and the other 70,000 of gear running them they better be. I never knew the shop existed, anyone in the area I highly recommend paying them a visit. It it a relaxed atmosphere and they love to do demos.

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  • halo71
    halo71 Posts: 4,606
    edited March 2013
    Very cool! Wish there was someplace like that local to me! Is that a gallon of water sitting on the bottom shelf in the last pic?
    --Gary--
    Onkyo Integra M504, Bottlehead Foreplay III, Denon SACD, Thiel CS2.3, NHT VT-2, VT-3 and Evolution T6, Infinity RSIIIa, SDA1C and a few dozen other speakers around the house I change in and out.
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  • zarrdoss
    zarrdoss Posts: 2,562
    edited March 2013
    a few more pics
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  • zarrdoss
    zarrdoss Posts: 2,562
    edited March 2013
    halo71 wrote: »
    Very cool! Wish there was someplace like that local to me! Is that a gallon of water sitting on the bottom shelf in the last pic?

    Kind of looks like it.
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  • tonyb
    tonyb Posts: 33,019
    edited March 2013
    halo71 wrote: »
    Very cool! Wish there was someplace like that local to me! Is that a gallon of water sitting on the bottom shelf in the last pic?

    ......and the Sonos farther to the right on the bottom.
    HT SYSTEM-
    Sony 850c 4k
    Pioneer elite vhx 21
    Sony 4k BRP
    SVS SB-2000
    Polk Sig. 20's
    Polk FX500 surrounds

    Cables-
    Acoustic zen Satori speaker cables
    Acoustic zen Matrix 2 IC's
    Wireworld eclipse 7 ic's
    Audio metallurgy ga-o digital cable

    Kitchen

    Sonos zp90
    Grant Fidelity tube dac
    B&k 1420
    lsi 9's
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  • heartystatue
    heartystatue Posts: 329
    edited March 2013
    Very Very nice.
    HT: LSI15, LSIC, LSIFX, Emo XPA-3:biggrin: Onkyo TXNR809, Sony BDP-S500, PannyDMP-BDT320, MIT S1 SC. Mit 73842dlp
    2ch: SDA-SRS 2.3 Fully modded. BAT VK500 w/batpak, BAT VK5I, Essence HDACC.
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  • Toolfan66
    Toolfan66 Posts: 17,348
    edited March 2013
    I'm sure that vinyl cleaning solution. Mine is the same..


    Nice place, I will have to make the drive..
    Polk Audio SDA 2.3tl Fully Hot Rodded. 😎

    SVS SB16 X2

    Cary SLP-05/Ultimate Upgrade.
    Cary SA-500.1 ES Amps
    Cary DMS 800PV Network
    OPPO UDP 205/ModWright Modification
    VPI Scout TT / Dynavector 20x2
    Jolida JD9 Fully Modified

    VPI MW-1 Cyclone RCM

    MIT Shotgun 3 cables throughout / Except TT, and PC’s
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  • zarrdoss
    zarrdoss Posts: 2,562
    edited March 2013
    This is more than just a business to this guy it is his life, here is his modest bedroom set up.

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  • zarrdoss
    zarrdoss Posts: 2,562
    edited March 2013
    Toolfan66 wrote: »
    I'm sure that vinyl cleaning solution. Mine is the same..


    Nice place, I will have to make the drive..

    Yes you will Larry you kind of go into sensory overload when you go in there is so much to look at.
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  • Toolfan66
    Toolfan66 Posts: 17,348
    edited March 2013
    I want my house to look like that..
    Polk Audio SDA 2.3tl Fully Hot Rodded. 😎

    SVS SB16 X2

    Cary SLP-05/Ultimate Upgrade.
    Cary SA-500.1 ES Amps
    Cary DMS 800PV Network
    OPPO UDP 205/ModWright Modification
    VPI Scout TT / Dynavector 20x2
    Jolida JD9 Fully Modified

    VPI MW-1 Cyclone RCM

    MIT Shotgun 3 cables throughout / Except TT, and PC’s
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  • zarrdoss
    zarrdoss Posts: 2,562
    edited March 2013
    Well something "followed" me home from the shop dammit!
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  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User] Posts: 7,658
    edited March 2013
    Looks like a great shop. I see a couple of Revox A77 in the first photo, very cool!
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  • treitz3
    treitz3 Posts: 19,236
    edited March 2013
    zarrdoss wrote: »
    Well something "followed" me home from the shop dammit!

    Do tell.......looks like my kind of shop!

    Tom
    ~ In search of accurate reproduction of music. Real sound is my reference and while perfection may not be attainable? If I chase it, I might just catch excellence. ~
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  • zarrdoss
    zarrdoss Posts: 2,562
    edited March 2013
    treitz3 wrote: »
    Do tell.......looks like my kind of shop!

    Tom

    I started another thread on it http://www.polkaudio.com/forums/showthread.php?146641-This-is-what-followed-me-home-from-the-stereo-shop
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 34,008
    edited March 2013
    Ken beat me to the ReVox shout-out! :-)

    Even from my jaded and cynical hifi perspective, I do see some cool stuff there.
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  • scottyboy76
    scottyboy76 Posts: 2,905
    edited March 2013
    Strangely i dont see any gear i own/have owned.

    Must be in the section for serious listeners:wink:
    humpty dumpty was pushed
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  • oldmodman
    oldmodman Posts: 740
    edited March 2013
    I had a couple of friends that did something like the owner of that shop.
    They started a "custom Hi-Fi" business so they could deduct all their hobby expenses.
    It got so successful that they went into it full time. This was back in the late 60's and 70's
    I remember driving one of then to go look at some amps that were advertised in the Los Angeles Times.
    Four Marantz 9s, original boxes and all paperwork, 100% as new, consecutive serial numbers.
    And I remember thinking that he paid too much. $400.00 for each amp. He used them in his own system.
    He had a pair of Ubangis. JBL graqphic, 2 Phase Linears for the bass horns, pair of 375s for the mids and pair of 075s for the top end. They were 12 feet tall.
    Here is what they looked like.
    http://forum.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/fr.pl?ymisc&1277867336&openflup&6&4
    http://itishifi.blogspot.com/2010/04/rca-theater-bass-horn-ubangi-or-mi-9462.html

    I remember listening to Jethro Tull's "Aqualung" on them. Highest SPL I have ever encountered and crystal clear too.
    The room they were in was 18 foot ceiling, and about 75 by 120 feet.
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  • drumminman
    drumminman Posts: 3,396
    edited March 2013
    Very cool store! Not much of that stuff looks familiar to me though.
    "Science is suppose to explain observations not dismiss them as impossible" - Norm on AA; 2.3TL's w/sonicaps/mills/jantzen inductors, Gimpod's boards, Lg Solen SDA inductors, RD-0198's, MW's dynamatted, Armaflex speaker gaskets, H-nuts, brass spikes, Cardas CCGR BP's, upgraded IC Cable, Black Hole Damping Sheet strips, interior of cabinets sealed with Loctite Power Grab, AI-1 interface with 1000VA A-L transformer
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  • Jhayman
    Jhayman Posts: 1,548
    edited March 2013
    I'm in Love, look at all the albums that's my New Dream to have as many albums as I can displayed like that..
    Oh and the Gear is cool too..lol
    Would love to visit.
    ATC SCM40's,VTL TL 2.5 Preamp,PSB Stratus Goldi's,McCormack DNA 500,McCormack MAP-1 Preamp,Pro-Ject Xtension 10 TT,Ortofon Cadenza Red/Nordost RedDawn LS Speaker cables, Bryston BDP-2, Bryston BDA-2,PS Audio AC-3 power cables
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  • chumlie
    chumlie Posts: 8,658
    edited March 2013
    Nice !!! Love the record collection. Sweet bedroom setup.
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